Continuous femoral nerve block provides superior analgesia compared with continuous intra-articular and wound infusion after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-99

  Dauri, Mario ^a,d   Fabbi, Eleonora ^a   Mariani, Pierpaolo ^b   Faria, Skerdilajd ^a   Carpenedo, Roberta ^a   Sidiropoulou, Tatiana ^c   Coniglione, Filadelfo ^a   Silvi, Maria B ^a   Sabato, Alessandro F ^a  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMIDES; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CLONIDINE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KETOROLAC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SCIATIC NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62949209621     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31819baf98     Document Type: Article

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